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Please note:
A copy of a section of a letter of provenance is provide with the robe, it states:
Letter, dated 31st August 1953
Dear Heather,
Although you and I do not know each other, I have known your Daddy and your Uncle since they were boys, just a little older than you are now; so I feel a very deep interest in you.
I am sending you a little present which may be useful as a wrap, when you grow to be a big girl and go out to dances.
It is a Chinese Mandarin Coat bought in 'Silk Street' Peiping [Beijing]  the capital of China. Mandarins formerly ruled China, but no longer do so. These coats with long sleeves to cover the hands and a high collar to hide the neck were worn in their Parliament. The gay colours and rich silk helped to overawe the ill-clad Chinese coolie and made him think the Government was a splendid affair, when it really was not...

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